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Encyclopedia > Union Parish, Louisiana

Union Parish is a parish located in the state of Louisiana. The parish seat is Farmerville and as of 2000, the population is 22,803.

Map of Louisiana highlighting Union Parish
Map of Louisiana highlighting Union Parish
Contents
1 History
2 Geography

2.1 Adjacent parishes

3 Demographics
4 Cities and towns
5 Other places

History

Union Parish formed in 1839 from part of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana


Geography

The parish has a total area of 2,345 km2 (905 mi2). 2,273 km2 (878 mi2) of it is land and 72 km2 (28 mi2) of it is water. The total area is 3.06% water.


Adjacent parishes

  • Union County, Arkansas (northwest)
  • Ashley County, Arkansas (northeast)
  • Morehouse Parish (east)
  • Ouachita Parish (southeast)
  • Lincoln Parish (southwest)
  • Claiborne Parish (west)

Demographics

As of the census2 of 2000, there are 22,803 people, 8,857 households, and 6,412 families residing in the parish. The population density is 10/km2 (26/mi2). There are 10,873 housing units at an average density of 5/km2 (12/mi2). The racial makeup of the parish is 69.79% White, 27.95% Black or African American, 0.19% Native American, 0.26% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 1.26% from other races, and 0.50% from two or more races. 2.02% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.


There are 8,857 households out of which 31.30% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.30% are married couples living together, 13.70% have a female householder with no husband present, and 27.60% are non-families. 24.90% of all households are made up of individuals and 11.00% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.52 and the average family size is 3.01.


In the parish the population is spread out with 25.70% under the age of 18, 9.10% from 18 to 24, 26.50% from 25 to 44, 23.80% from 45 to 64, and 14.90% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 37 years. For every 100 females there are 94.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 90.90 males.


The median income for a household in the parish is $29,061, and the median income for a family is $36,035. Males have a median income of $30,494 versus $21,070 for females. The per capita income for the parish is $14,819. 18.60% of the population and 14.30% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 25.60% of those under the age of 18 and 17.70% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.


Cities and towns

  • Bernice
  • Farmerville
  • Lillie
  • Marion
  • Spearsville

Other places

  • Shiloh
State of Louisiana
Regions
Acadiana - Florida Parishes - Greater New Orleans - Northwest Louisiana
Largest Cities
Alexandria - Baton Rouge - Bossier City - Houma - Kenner - Lafayette - Lake Charles - Metairie - Monroe - New Iberia - New Orleans - Shreveport
Parishes

Acadia - Allen - Ascension - Assumption - Avoyelles - Beauregard - Bienville - Bossier - Caddo - Calcasieu - Caldwell - Cameron - Catahoula - Claiborne - Concordia - De Soto - East Baton Rouge - East Carroll - East Feliciana - Evangeline - Franklin - Grant - Iberia - Iberville - Jackson - Jefferson - Jefferson Davis -
La Salle - Lafayette - Lafourche - Lincoln - Livingston - Madison - Morehouse - Natchitoches - Orleans - Ouachita - Plaquemines - Pointe Coupee - Rapides -
Red River - Richland - Sabine - St. Bernard - St. Charles - St. Helena - St. James - St. John the Baptist - St. Landry - St. Martin - St. Mary - St. Tammany - Tangipahoa - Tensas - Terrebonne - Union - Vermilion - Vernon - Washington - Webster - West Baton Rouge - West Carroll - West Feliciana - Winn

  Results from FactBites:
 
History of Union Parish Louisiana (4180 words)
In fact, the only other pre-1836 sales of what later became Union Parish property were Mills Farmer's 5 July 1828 purchase of an 80-acre tract that adjoined his existing farm, as well as the 5 October 1832 purchase by John Huey of 40 acres on the Union/Ouachita Parish line, south of Farmer's farm.
Union Parish Police Jury President Colonel Matthew Wood went to the government land office in Monroe on 28 May 1839 and purchased 160 acres of government land for $1.25 per acre for the purpose of establishing the parish seat of Farmerville.
Union Parish experienced a great deal of political turmoil during the Reconstruction period, especially with the events surrounding the 1872 statewide elections.
Union County, LA (1153 words)
Union Parish, Louisiana can be considered to have a moderately-educated 2000 population, with 11.8 percent of the population over 25 years old having received at least a Bachelors Degree, according to the Decennial Census of 2000.
Union was reported to have a lower percent of the population with at least a Bachelors than the State of Louisiana's proportion of 18.8 percent and a lower percent than the average across the nation of 24.4 percent.
Union ranks 27 of 64 counties by growth in total population in Louisiana and the county ranks 1,767 of 3,141 counties when analyzing total county population change across the nation.
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